Miscellaneous Items from the Times on World Affairs and People
A wide range of short notes covers topics from improvements in electric light and gas to a Taunton saloon law point, plus a claim of an English ex-hangman hired for a US lecture tour. Other items note a Galveston verdict, a planned Gordon monument, rail color changes, Hartford mayor portraits, Mrs. Warren as a cattle queen, Mars observations, a Jackson statue order, folk calls for cattle and horse calls, proposals to abolish usury via national depositories, charity in medical care, Buffalo Bill’s biblical note, abundant eagles and turkeys in Pennsylvania, and imperial Chinese inquiries abroad.
Noble New Orleans woman Margaret Waugery in marble set
A visitor reflects beside a statue of Margaret Waugery in New Orleans. Born poor, she fed the hungry with bread carts, ran free bakeries, and cared for orphans during yellow fever. Her charities funded hospitals and cemeteries, earning city mourning and a lasting memorial.
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Margaret
New Orleans
Sisters of the Asylum
Bhie
Margaret Wauggery
Aho
Royal Trim
Margaret's
New Orleana
Itar
A Box on the Ear Compares Browning Poem and Child Harm
The piece cites Browning's poem about an earl who strikes his child and then has their likeness painted. It warns parents and caregivers to remember the lasting harm from a sudden ear blow, noting inflammation, deafness, brain issues, and potential fatal brain disease.
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Browning
Aritmdel
Harper’s Bazar
Edison Lab at Lewellyn Park Reveals Great Workshop
A Chicago Herald correspondent tours Thomas Edison’s Lewellyn Park laboratory near Orange New Jersey. The facility houses 75 concurrent experiments conducted by expert chemists, mathematicians, and electricians. Edison prioritizes work over home life, supervising phones phonographs and a new doll phonograph toy, and features a copper antennae building with the finest electrical instruments.
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Thomas A. Edison
Chicago Herald
Lewellyn Park
Orange
N. J
Eilison
Carriaga
Oate
Edison
Electricidua
Schenectady
N. Y
Korea
Spider web wonders in Central America woods
Dr Oswald reports unusually strong webs in Central American trees. A large bird spider neta with a radius exceeding six feet and long silk threads challenged his strength test by stopping lemons the size of a pigeon. The spider hides well, weaving across catalpa leaves before detection.
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Oswald
Central America
Tonce
Catalpa
Tissuas
Self pouring teapot and tomato sauces in old kitchen tips
A collage of household tips includes a tomato sauce method with thyme cloves and cayenne cooked then thickened, a note on an Italian style sauce with onions stock thyme pepper and turmeric, and a suggestion to serve with macaroni and grated cheese. It also mentions a self pouring teapot from an Eastern paper and other housekeeping hints on sleep in sickrooms and green pea soup.
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Louis Siyings
Tosaro Sanso
A Canadian Beauty Shares Skin Care and Fashion Secrets
The piece surveys a famed Canadian beauty praising bathing discipline and careful skin care. It notes a scientific claim linking jaw movement and chin hair from chewing gum, recounts anecdotes about early cosmetic dangers, and lists wealthy women spotlighting silk and social clubs in London.
In the Hands of his Friends
A reporter asks a statesman if he will run, but the statesman defers. He states his health is in the hands of his friends and offers nothing further. The exchange reflects cautious political posture and personal health concerns.
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Statesman
Nocar
Epoch
Glove Donning and Fashion Notes From the Season
Instructions describe careful glove fitting starting with fingers and thumb, then button order and removal method. The piece shifts to fashion notes on summer wear, trims, materials, and hat styles including sailor shapes, Italian braids, and garden hats.
DeWitt Talmage Discusses Newspaper Fame and Fiction
The New York Sun recounts Rev. Talmage describing how newspapers chase him with tales of his life and persona. He notes sermons are written in advance and dictated to a stenographer, while he jokes about the mirror and imaginary cane tale spun by reporters.
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TX DeWitt Talmage
Mey
Pam
Mercantile Library
New York
Union Square
Nover
New York Sun
Baseball chat floods papers with stray stats and scraps
The text inventories scattered baseball notes across teams, players, and incidents. It mentions Krock and Flot for Chicago, Cantey Sxyoan named Cleveland captain, Lyons of Louisville rumored to manage, and Erwin Foster excelling as fielder. It reports attendance, steals, errors, umpire pay, and various players in erratic form.
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Chicago
Krock
Flot
Blonde Battery
Cantey Sxyoan
Cleveland
Nivaick
Pittsburg
Lyons
Louisville
Himelf
Erwin Fosten
New York
Bostos
Pailadelpua
Delatinity
Wetsn
Dalrymple
Pittsburgh
Phcuca Cammens
Brooklyn
Monk
Memphis
Dewar
Western Association
Nasu
Boston
Hanny Whont
Philadelphias
Musical and Dramatic World Notes of 19th Century Arts
A sprawling catalog of performers and works from Europe and America. Carmen’s famed soprano Manse Roze is noted, while Scuenecnt, the composer, dies in poverty. London concerts draw acclaim for the violinist Sanaate, Blanche Roosevelt’s Copper Queen on French stages, and Ward Datvray’s wife Helen a top stage dresser. Patti kidnapping plot surfaces in South America. Stanney’s comedy A Postage Stamp slated as a 1900s novelty. Day’s New York company to open in Paris. Saengerfest gathers thousands in St Louis. London shop windows feature Anderson, Irving, Hawthorne, and Victoria. Hamlet’s stage return of Mrs Broxonp in England, Henkx Barry to star in New York. A Woman’s Stratagem and After opening at Colon Square Theatre. Domercy skull exhibition in Leulogne. The partnership of Sipaur uason and William H. Crane dissolves. Lost in New York at Bijou features water tank scene. Richard Mansfield’s Varian Romance supper costs $4 per night. New Hugin Panorama Philbat T 1n stead to be staged. Beethoven remains exhumed in Vienna’s cemetery. Morse sets $100,000 price for Japanese pottery collection, Boston buyers offered $80,000 to keep it in Tub. Museum-classified, spanning prehistoric to living artists.
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Manse Roze
Carmen
Scuenecnt
Sanasate
London
Sando
Blanche Roosevelt
Helen Datvray
Ward
Mme. Patti
South America
Hearty
Henry Irving
Grace Hawthorne
Queen Victoria
Broxonp
Iarmingham
England
Hamlet
Henkex Barry
New Colon Square Theatre
New York
Leulogne
Domercy
Thayne
Florence
Sipaur Uason
William H. Crane
Auditorum
Richard Mansfield
Costa
New York Academy of Atu
Donman Thompson
Beethoven
Wahbringer
Vienna
Congress Journal Recap of 112th Day Proceedings
Senate debated ratification of the Fishery Treaty and discussed Pacific coast defenses. DC appropriation passed with wires underground provision struck. Bonds sale statement, international arbitration, and Waite bust funded. Military and agricultural bills advanced, including sorghum seed and beet seed allowances. House approved tariff adjustments and Gettysburg reunion measures. Approval of airship funding, coast defense debates, and sundry civil appropriations noted.
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Senate
Hale
England
Pacific
District of Columbia
Waite
Supreme Court
George B. Loring
Committee On Foreign ‘Relations
Mexico
United States
Committee On
Renato
Batte
Gettysburg
Department of Agriculture
Timi
Dax
War Department
Fnermatic Gun Carriage Company
Smithsonian Grounds
Smithsonian Institution
Veteran Organization of the Society of
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New York Tribune
Taunton
Amss
Paris
Galveston
Texas
Li Hung Chang
Gordon
Providence
Worcester
Philadelphia
Reading
Hartford
Conn
Mississippi
Warren
Colorado
M. Perrotin
Mars
Earth
Jackson Memorial Association
Lexington
Valentine
Virginia
Stonewall
Jackson
Journal of American Folk-Lora
Connecticut
Maryland
Russia
Alabama
Reutter
Baltimore
Cody
Buffalo Bill
Jester
Leavenworth
Kan
Aol
New York City
Europe
Mra
Blue Mountain Range
Pennsylvania
Pottsville
Lancaster
Harrisburg
China
Imperial Commission
Abriad
Ter-S-Penra
Phillipinos
Singapore
Malacca
Solongoro
Chineao
Australia
Theo Aro
Vorelen Janda
Clarence T. Army
Journalfet
Margaret Place
America
Little Sisters of the Poor
Theo
Nea
Bick Moor
Washington Sonson
Philadelphia Times
Ieee Gee Gee Ees
St. Louis
Fallon Beautys
Elizabeth Gunning
Duke of Hamilton
Duke of Argyll
Maria
New York Mail Urd Express
John Mintura
Kate Terry
Thomas A. Scott
John Jacob Astor
Edwin Stevens
Nettie Green
Robert Geelet
Mra Jayne
Joseph Mr. Ayer
Alexandra
Princess of Wales
Incheon
Prince-of Wales
Frank Leslie
Goody Chronicle
Semson
Andy
Dr. Talmage
Wasmixatox
Kansas City
Governon Hunt
New Yorks
Polo Grounds
Metropolia
McPeee
Cincinnati
Haa
Thor
Ohio
Richardson
Mikado
Japan
Derrnea Fane
Buffalo
Heidy
Hs Vestavas
Kenty
Apligger
Kelly
Pircner Neat
Savannas
Columbus
Hannahp
Yale
Princeton
Harvard Pitt
Burg
Smith
Maal Wall
Detroit
Tndianapolis
Washington
American Association
Luby
E. 8. Morse
Morse
Tub
Congress
House
Mira
A. de Baussot
Ae Springer
Bayne
Warner
Bryce
Woodburn
Grandbare
Nister
Hewitt
Buchanan
O'Neil
Morrow
Geodetic Association
Americas
Brownsville
Wichita, Kan
Randall
Hongo
Lawler
Townshend
Illinois
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Secretary of War
Efhe Haus
Afr. Ryan
Librar
Territory of
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City Mill Extra
Lord—City Steam
Brato
Ccessevense
Watertown
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